Working it out, the Ark would have to be at least one hundred times the size of the QE2 cruise ship.
How did Noah manage to build that out in the desert with no trees or suitable tools?
Also, how long did it take him to get two of each animal from Africa, America, Australia, North and South poles, etc. etc., and where did he get all the food to feed them for forty days and why didn`t the carnivores eat the herbivores?
It doesn`t make sense, and please do not mention any magic...
2007-05-12 04:12:41 · 13 answers · asked by Montgomery B 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Having read some of the answers, here`s the proper one:
The Euphrates and Tigris rivers flooded and met in what was a flood plain anyway, and joined together flooding an area of 100 by 40 miles.
To the people living there, who`s whole world did not stretch further than that - as mentioned by two answers - they thought it was the whole world.
When the story was being written it was embellished and animals etc. added for highlight and there we have the proper reason.
It was also put forward that the earth bridge ranging frem Gibralta across to North Africa was bridged and the Atlantic flooded in, flooding what was the Mediterranean valley and formed and remained as the Med. sea itself.
Good luck to all those who thought an outside deity had a hand in it - get a life!!!
2007-05-12 04:43:24 · update #1
You ARE joking aren't you...???
2007-05-12 04:17:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hypothetically speaking, if the ark story is true you have to take into consideration that if even a tiny area flooded in that part of the world it would seem like the whole earth was covered. More than likely about 2 percent of all large animals dwell there too out of the entire population of the globe.
Cages could have kept them apart.
And the boat wouldn't have had to be THAT big.
Open minds can help us grasp a possible explanation to a lot of biblical stories but the one of Noah wasn't the only flood story. Do a Yahoo search on flood myths around the world throughout history and you'll see there's many from other cultures with different folks at the helm of the boat.
OR you could just chalk it up to a story of morality with little historical fact.
The reason for the flood in the first place is a FAR more interesting story. Go read that one in depth.
2007-05-12 04:24:11 · answer #2 · answered by Chick-A- Deedle 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
First: He watched every daytime DIY programme going. He was a big fan of Handy Andy and learned a lot about using MDF.
Second: It is a well known fact that every species of animal alive goes mad for rich tea biscuits, so he used the biccies to coax them in.
Put the two together and voila, you have your solution.
Glad to help!
Addendum:
That (in case you didn't guess!) was the crazy answer. Here's the (slightly) more sensible one: The Noah story is actually plagiarised from the earlier epic of Gilgamesh and Enkidu. Basically the writers of the Bible were pretty crap and were of the same calibre as the journalists that work for Hello and OK magazine, i.e. sh1t. They had no imagination, so just copied an earlier dumb story.
2007-05-12 04:21:44 · answer #3 · answered by Oliver T4 4 · 4⤊ 3⤋
Have you worked out how many animals Noah needed to take onto the ark?
Someone else has, and the answer is probably no more than 16,000. So plenty of room for them all.
If you read the account in the Bible, you will see that Noah did not need to collect the animals - God brought them to Noah.
Check out here for loads of info (and no magic :) ) about the flood.
http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/3000/
2007-05-13 05:57:48 · answer #4 · answered by a Real Truthseeker 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No depth bad advice. You only looked at it to discredit it and that's why you will never be satisfied with a well informed answer and always be annoyed by people like me who have a saviour.
2007-05-12 06:33:11 · answer #5 · answered by : 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If you had working neurons between the ears you'd be dangerous. The rest of us would be buying lottery tickets with the winner getting to administer the Hypodermic.
2007-05-12 04:26:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
its all magic. Its the same as that biblical bloke who parted the sea and walked to the other side!!
2007-05-12 04:18:04 · answer #7 · answered by Lisa T 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
That's what I've been trying to tell people - the Bible makes no sense. It's probably just a fairytale, unless if it can be proved otherwise.
2007-05-12 04:20:35 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 5⤊ 2⤋
If you take the time to actually read the Genesis chapter of the Bible, you'd see that God made the animals come TO Noah. He also made them tame and of a mind not to multiply during the flood and the ensuing months of floating around.
If you have a hard time envisioning a boat that big, think of the TARDIS, Dr. Who's telephone booth traveling device...it looks small on the outside, but inside it is immense. God's physics not ours....don't try to get your head around it, it'll stretch you too thin and you'll hurt yourself ;-)
2007-05-12 04:39:06 · answer #9 · answered by Tommy 3 · 3⤊ 7⤋
Laugh at and make fun of it all while your on your on your
death bead. Go ahead, I dare you. The joke is on who?
In the event that you are serious try reading the Bible. Why
would you ask other uninformed people?
2007-05-12 04:29:26 · answer #10 · answered by wayne g 7 · 2⤊ 6⤋
The story is just a fairy tale.
2007-05-12 05:49:06 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋